by John Harris | Oct 29, 2014 | Retirement
Part of the budget struggle is the battle over how much a Guardsman costs versus the cost of an active duty member. The Reserve Forces Policy Board published a report in February 2014 that quantified the open and hidden costs of each. The report stated that an...
by John Harris | Oct 29, 2014 | Retirement
Sequestration, a by-product of the Budget Control Act of 2011, is still law and doesn’t look like its being repealed anytime soon. Sequestration dictated a half-trillion dollar cut in the defense budget over 10 years. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 altered the...
by John Harris | Oct 29, 2014 | Retirement
November 4th is Election Day in America. The DC pundits and handicappers predict the balance of power will shift and favor the GOP in both the House and the Senate for the 114th Congress beginning in January 2015. Prior to elections, the House of Representatives had...
by John Harris | Oct 15, 2014 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State
While many of us have joined the Guard after these things were corrected, back in the day… I was not permitted to use the BX/PX (later program involved stamping LES card for 1 visit for each drill period) I was not permitted to use the Commissary (later program...
by John Harris | Oct 15, 2014 | Retirement
From The Retired Enlisted Association: When Congress passed the Veterans, Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R.3230) to hopefully improve veterans access to healthcare through the VA it they included 2 important educational benefits in the bill. First it...
by John Harris | Oct 15, 2014 | Retirement
Revisions made to Pentagon travel rules went into effect this month and the result is often less money for service members on temporary duty. The biggest change is to the per diem rate reimbursement for lengthy TDYs. According to Army Times, a person on TDY for 31 to...
